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.\"     Title: mvxattr
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.\"      Date: 11/25/2024
.\"    Manual: User Commands
.\"    Source: Samba 4.21.2
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.SH "NAME"
mvxattr \- Recursively rename extended attributes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\ 'u
mvxattr {\-s\ STRING,\ \-\-from=STRING} {\-d\ STRING,\ \-\-to=STRING} [\-l,\ \-\-follow\-symlinks] [\-p,\ \-\-print] [\-v,\ \-\-verbose] [\-f,\ \-\-force] {PATH\ [PATH\ \&.\&.\&.]}
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This tool is part of the
\fBsamba\fR(1)
suite\&.
.PP
mvxattr is a simple utility to recursively rename extended attributes\&.
.PP
By default all symlinks are ignored, use
\fB\-l\fR
to follow them\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-s STRING, \-\-from=STRING
.RS 4
Source xattr name
.RE
.PP
\-d STRING, \-\-to=STRING
.RS 4
Destination xattr name
.RE
.PP
\-l, \-\-follow\-symlinks
.RS 4
Follow symlinks, the default is to ignore them\&.
.RE
.PP
\-p, \-\-print
.RS 4
Print files where the xattr got renamed\&.
.RE
.PP
\-v, \-\-verbose
.RS 4
Print files as they are checked\&.
.RE
.PP
\-f, \-\-force
.RS 4
Force overwriting of destination xattr\&.
.RE
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is part of version 4\&.21\&.2 of the Samba suite\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell\&. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed\&.
.PP
The mvxattr manpage was written by Ralph Boehme\&.
